HB 1070 — Prior conviction; procedure for use as element of offense charged.
VA 20261 session
Procedure for use of prior conviction as element of offense charged. Establishes a procedure for using a defendant's prior conviction to prove an element of an offense charged or to enhance the punishment for the offense charged.
Latest action: — Continued
Sponsors (1)
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — sponsor
Action timeline (16)
- · house · H4020 —
- · house · H0801 —
- · house · H0812 —
- · house · H8500 —
- · house · H8120 —
- · house · H0818 —
- · house · H0808 —
- · house · H4640 —
- · house · H4110 —
- · house · H4120 —
- · house · H4410 —
- · house · H4601 —
- · house · H5000 —
- · senate · S4140 —
- · senate · S1301 —
- · senate · S1340 —
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referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Courts of Justice | — | va-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Rasoul (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Timeline
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Courts of Justice · va-leg